Robinson
| Robinson L'hebdo des jeunes de tous les âges | |
 First issue | |
| Country/language: |  France / French
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| Publishing company: | Opera Mundi |
| Publishing years: | 1936–1940 |
| Issues: | 218 |
| Format: | 26,5 x 36,5 cm, b/w & color |
Robinson was published weekly by the French publisher Opera Mundi from 1936 to 1944.
Issue overview
Regular series
The magazine was mainly a compilation of newspaper American comics characters such as "Mandrake the Magician", "The Phantom", "Flash Gordon", "Brick Bradford" and others. The first issue was released on April 26, 1936 and the series lasts until issue #218 on June 30, 1940, an ending in relation with the German army advance in France during the first part of the World War II. The initial format was 36.5 x 26.5 cms and has changed twice. The magazine contained, depending on the period, 16, 10, 8 or 4 pages.
Mandrake stories in Robinson
The Mandrake Sunday pages were in color.
| Title | US Title | Issues | Comment |
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| "Le petit peuple" | "Land of the Little People" | 1936: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 | |
| "Les secrets du cirque" | "The Circus People" | 1936: 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 1937: 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45 |
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| "La dimension X" | "Chamber into the X Dimension" | 1937: 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72 | |
| "Le tyran de Dementor" | "Prince Paulo the Tyrant" | 1937: 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 1938: 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97 |
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| "La chasse aux trésors" | "The Treasure Hunt" | 1938: 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126 | |
| "Mandrake sur la Lune" | "The Lunar Trip" | 1938: 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 1939: 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152 |
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| "Mandrake à la Foire" | "Mandrake and Lothar at the Carnival" | 1939: 153, 154, 155, 156, 157 | |
| "Le monstre de la montagne" | "The Haunted Range" | 1939: 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166 | |
| "Le pêcheur" | "The Fisherman" | 1939: 167 | |
| "La visite" | "Afternoon with Lothar" | 1939: 168 | |
| "Une bonne leçon" | "The Annoying" | 1939: 169 | |
| "Le fou volant" | "The Flying Pass By" | 1939: 170 | |
| "La boule de cristal" | "The Clairvoyant" | 1939: 171 | |
| "Mandrake dans la ville d'or" | "City of Gold" | 1939: 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 1940: 193, 194, 195, 196, 197 |
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| "Un méchant" | "The Evil Man" | 1940: 198 | |
| "Pour mesurer sa force" | "Trial of Strenght" | 1940: 199 | |
| "Le remède" | "The Cure" | 1940: 200 | |
| "Lothar à la pêche" | "Lothar go Fishing" | 1940: 201 | |
| "Un boutiquier malhonnête" | "The Dishonest Merchant" | 1940: 202 | |
| "L'ours fantôme" | "The Ghost Bear of Glass Mountain" | 1940: 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217 | |
| "L'incrédule" | "Mandrake and Doubting Thomas" | 1940: 218 |
Albums
Unsold copies of Robinson were later glued together with a new outer cover and sold as "albums".
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Issues 1-26 -
Issues 27-52 -
Issues 53-78 -
Issues 79-104 -
Issues 105-130 -
Issues 131-156 -
Issues 157-182 -
Issues 183-195
Album variants
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Issues 1-13 -
Issues 1-13 -
Issues 14-26 -
Issues 189-201
Robinson et Hop-là! réunis
A few months after the end of the first series Robinson merged with Hop-là! into a new magazine, entitled Robinson et Hop-là! réunis (translation : "Robinson and Hop-Là! Together"). The new series started with an issue #217 bis(October 6, 1940) in the southern zone of France – a part of the country then called “The Free zone”. An issue 218 bis was also published and after the usual numbering run reappears. At the time, many pre-war magazines found a “second life” in being still published in this Southern Zone. So, with the end of the original series and the beginning of the following one, it is worth to notice that there were two diffrent issues #217 and two different issues #218 in the two zones (Northern and Southern). Finally, the series ended with issue #395 on July 9, 1944.
The second series features only two Mandrake stories (black & white daily strips).
Mandrake stories in Robinson et Hop-là! réunis
(Announcement in issue # 234)
| Title | U Title | Issues | Comment |
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| "(no title)" | "The Museum Mystery" | 1941: 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240,
241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256 | |
| "(no title)" | "Dr Griff's Invention" | 1941: 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279. |
Albums
Unsold copies of Robinson et Hop-là ! réunis were later glued together with a new outer cover and sold as "albums": 1) issues 217 to 228 / 2) issues 229 to 240 / 3) issues 241 to 252 / 4) issues 253 to 264 / 5) issues 265 to 276.
Advertissement
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1936 publishing announcement (flyer 29 x 37 cm).
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